The NSF NCAR Mesa Lab, Fleischmann building, and Mesa Lab Road will be closed through Friday, Dec. 27, due to nearby water leak and repairs.

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  1. Map of upper Midwest with dark blue areas of potentially severe icing

    Aviation safety: New computer tool forecasts icing hazards

    FIP-Severity provides 12-hour icing forecasts to pilots and forecasters on the likelihood of encountering dangerous in-flight icing conditions.

    • Weather

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  2. Interior Alaska: Subsistence hunting in a warming world

    Alaska is among the fastest-warming places on Earth, with its interior region warming the most statewide. A study by NCAR’s Shannon McNeeley looks at the vulnerability to climate change of native rural communities.

    • Climate

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  3. The inner lives of red giant stars

    An international team of astronomers that includes NCAR’s Savita Mathur has observed mixed waves—a mixture of acoustic and gravity waves—that run all the way to the cores of red giant stars. Astronomers already knew that such waves (known as stellar oscillations) existed, but until now had only observed pure acoustic waves traveling through the outer parts of stars.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  4. Explore Wild Earth Saturday at NCAR

    Kick off Earth Day celebrations an NCAR with Wild Earth Saturday on April 16. Free family fun from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    • Education + Outreach

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  5. near Mexico City

    Climate change poses major risks for unprepared cities

    Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect their residents from the likely impacts of climate change.

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